Evidence

A Moscow Times article dated August 6, 2026 reports that Georgia's State Security Service (SSSG) announced a criminal 'sabotage' investigation into social media posts claiming that foreign-controlled 'bot accounts' on X boasted about urinating and spitting in food served to Russian tourists. The claim originates directly from the Georgian security service's own statement, as reported by the Moscow Times. No independent fact-checking organization (Reuters Fact Check, AFP Fact Check, Bellingcat, or EUvsDisinfo) coverage of this specific claim was found in search results, and no corroborating forensic analysis of the alleged posts (e.g., archived screenshots, account identification, bot-network analysis) was located. The claim describes an ongoing law-enforcement investigation rather than a settled, independently verified fact.